Chinwag Spring 2019

Corporate news

New £7m outpatient unit opens

It is fully funded by The Christie charity, and aims to offer patients a more seamless experience with more consultation rooms, improved access to testing facilities and a new appointment system with self-check-in screens, that will help to reduce patient waiting times and increase capacity. Patients Janice Kostenko and Pauline Nieri joined Chief Executive, Roger Spencer to cut the ribbon at the entrance to the new unit, accessed via the main hospital corridor. Pauline, 72 from Cheadle, was treated at The Christie for breast cancer in 2013/14, and has been a volunteer here for over 10 years. She said: “I have seen The Christie from both perspectives, as a patient and a member of volunteering staff. It is tremendous to see how the outpatients’ department has developed over time and this new centre is excellent – a lovely light and comfortable space.” Roger Spencer added: “Thanks to advances in cancer care, we celebrate the news that patients are living with Patients and staff came together to mark the completion of our brand new £7m outpatient unit in February, offering patients a more accessible, spacious and comfortable environment for the 95,000 appointments that take place there each year.

Outpatients opening: Chief executive Roger Spencer (right) is pictured with patient Janice Kostenko, volunteer Pauline Nieri and director of operations network services Bernie Delahoyde (left) with staff and patients looking on

cancer much longer than ever before. This means that we are seeing patients in the outpatient clinics over a longer period of time, sometimes for many years. “For many patients, the outpatients department is their first introduction to the hospital so it is important that it matches the same high standards as the rest of the hospital. Our new facility will allow us to cope with increasing capacity while continuing to provide the best experience for our patients.” All outpatient clinics that were previously held at the department on Wilmslow Road have now been transferred to the new department accessed via the main hospital corridor from Palatine Road. Patient check-in screens are at the entrance to the new unit and a new outpatient bloods room is due to open in April. Located next door to the recently refurbished dining room, the new facility provides patients with easy access to refreshments and comfortable seating just a few steps away.

Sister Aishling Sloan and Olivia Samuel, lead operational nurse for outpatients

Dr Was Mansoor, lead clinican on the outpatients development project

Chief executive Roger Spencer is pictured with patient Janice Kostenko, Director of Operations network services Bernie Delahoyde, volunteer Pauline Nieri, Dr Was Mansoor, and lead operational nurse Olivia Samuel

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